Devils discussion (news, notes and speculation) - part II

[Bleedred]

Is this really even a topic today all because nobody jumped an old, often injured player for throwing a hit on our best player?

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

I will say this- Dougie not doing literally anything to Pacioretty after Jack got hit did kind of annoy me in the moment. I realize that that is not his game, but give the guy a face-wash or something.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Good idea.. Cause you'll most likely prove out to be wrong again like Nemec shit ass play last year. I'm out now.

"He might be the 6th Damn no way he'll be out of the lineup"


Aged well

Was this a quote of mine? If so, yes, you caught me. We all expected Kovacevic to play so well that sending Nemec back to Utica would be the easy move to make.

If not, that's even funnier.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Was this a quote of mine? If so, yes, you caught me. We all expected Kovacevic to play so well that sending Nemec back to Utica would be the easy move to make.

If not, that's even funnier.

Once again, Jim pulled a:

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

wait, Jim's contention is that Nemec played shitty last year? oh boy.

 

[Better Call Sal]

Once again, Jim pulled a:

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@JimEIV 's been through some shit this year. I think he's taking the piss out of the board. I'll let him do his thing.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Broke:
Jim at it again

Woke:
Jim is our dark knight. He saw the division last nights loss brought the board and he is now bringing us all together

 

[Forge]

And to be clear, I think there's a lot of value in finishing checks, being aggressive on the forecheck and at the boards, being able to body teams when you need to and generally not playing "soft". Give as little ground as possible at all times.

I just think there's no value it taking dumb ass penalties because you're in your feels. Want to get in there and do some shoving back and forth, have at it. Scrums are scrums I think these are generally officiated well, just don't go overboard. But I also think a lot of the "softness" people bitch about is often misplaced. Nico wins a ton of board battles....I consider that a form of not being soft and it's one of the ways I'd prefer him to not be soft.

 

[NjDevsRR]

The hit on Jack was clean too. Besides getting in their faces mouthing off like they did. What did you want? Take an instigator late in a 1-0 game?

 

[Saugus]

Ah, I see Jim is finding something else to cry about since the team has actually been pretty good his this year.

Thank goodness, I was getting worried he wouldn't say much during the season

Honestly, I was getting confused and a little scared seeing optimistic Jim for so long. It's just disorienting, like if your compass suddenly started pointing east.

This is more like it.

 

[MadDevil]

Whoa, I didn't even see that Bill was going after Nichols too.

 

[NjDevsRR]

Whoa, I didn't even see that Bill was going after Nichols too.

Utterly bizarre how last night’s game brought so much division amongst many factions lmao

 

[Forge]

I am amused

 

[njdevils1982]

I will say this- Dougie not doing literally anything to Pacioretty after Jack got hit did kind of annoy me in the moment. I realize that that is not his game, but give the guy a face-wash or something.

i know it's not his game but i'd like see some snarl out of him once in a while.

he's a 6'6" 230 pound teddy bear

 

[Billdo]

I will say this- Dougie not doing literally anything to Pacioretty after Jack got hit did kind of annoy me in the moment. I realize that that is not his game, but give the guy a face-wash or something.

He certainly could've at the very least grabbed him without getting a penalty. The lack of a response was very lame.

 

[Forge]

i know it's not his game but i'd like see some snarl out of him once in a while.

he's a 6'6" 230 pound teddy bear

Makes for good marketing videos though

 

[Mgd31]

Novo and Nichols are really freaking annoying. Jesus

 

[Satans Hockey]

Utterly bizarre how last night’s game brought so much division amongst many factions lmao

I love it, invoke the hunger games with a representative of each faction!

 

[SJinNewJersey]

Watch what February and March look like and get back to me. The soft underbelly will be exposed shortly.

Team is softer than baby shit on a hot Alabama afternoon.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

what does that even mean lol they only play 7 games in February due to the 4 Nations tourney, and most of those are against shit teams

 

[Billdo]

what does that even mean lol they only play 7 games in February due to the 4 Nations tourney, and most of those are against shit teams

I think Jim thinks the team will look like a toddlers diaper after prune juice.

 

[JK3]

What do they need to do? Start with targeting other teams top players, then goad said team into evening it up. If that doesn't happen, oh well, kill the penalty.

That's sounds f***ed up I know lol but we've been on the short end or every single one of these. Our guys have been run time and time again with zero consequences from the league in game, via suspensions or our supposed goons. Our new found "tough" persona or so called "enforcers" have done jack shit regarding this. Wow we took someones number after our guy gets wrecked and has a meaningless staged fight (the "code" which is a bullshit cop out) later on where the guy turtles.

Kovys hit last night was waaaaay worse than Beniers Cup ending major but nothing came of it, a measly 2 minutes. Whenever our guys actually stepped in we've gotten penalized. When we do get a PP from said incident we've failed to capitalize. I would dare to say that the aggressor has benefitted over the victim in every incident. Take liberties and ask for forgiveness later.

 

[Stephen Gionta]

I will say this- Dougie not doing literally anything to Pacioretty after Jack got hit did kind of annoy me in the moment. I realize that that is not his game, but give the guy a face-wash or something.

Hey ZBC, this is a good take. I agree. Nice job buddy

 

[Satans Hockey]

what does that even mean lol they only play 7 games in February due to the 4 Nations tourney, and most of those are against shit teams

The home schedule really is crazy around around that time because of that and returning from it after 1 home with a long west road trip.

Only have 4 home games from Jan 29th to March 7th...

Philly Jan 29th
Vegas Feb 6th
Dallas Feb 22nd
Winnipeg March 7th

With the way we have been playing at home that might be a good thing though.

 

[My3Sons]

What do they need to do? Start with targeting other teams top players, then goad said team into evening it up. If that doesn't happen, oh well, kill the penalty.

That's sounds f***ed up I know lol but we've been on the short end or every single one of these. Our guys have been run time and time again with zero consequences from the league in game, via suspensions or our supposed goons. Our new found "tough" persona or so called "enforcers" have done jack shit regarding this. Wow we took someones number after our guy gets wrecked and has a meaningless staged fight (the "code" which is a bullshit cop out) later on where the guy turtles.

Kovys hit last night was waaaaay worse than Beniers Cup ending major but nothing came of it, a measly 2 minutes. Whenever our guys actually stepped in we've gotten penalized. When we do get a PP from said incident we've failed to capitalize. I would dare to say that the aggressor has benefitted over the victim in every incident. Take liberties and ask for forgiveness later.

hey, nobody says that icing 18 sociopaths who purposely injure the best players on the other team leaving no ability to retaliate because the whole roster is disposable sociopaths is a real strategy. Nobody has advocated for that previously.